Progress Through Benchmarks
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mlerulesMetrics matter to me. Having rules to follow helps me do things. Weight Watchers works for me in large part due to this.
Planning to return full-time to WW tomorrow. I hit my initial Big Goal and made it below 200 (having lost 50 lbs) by my bday (September 2019). Have fluctuated 2 lbs in both directions since then, but basically maintained that weight. Declared on NYEve that I'd start again on 01/01/2020. Then last night happened. But the week was already shot and Mondays are when the #s reset on the weekly points (and it's weigh-in day). So NOW it's time to return to the Getting Fit program.
To the end of Getting Fit, I've set various goals:
- follow WW & weigh 190 lbs (what it says on my ODL) by 02/14/2020. Yeah, I remain fully aware this might not happen. If'n it doesn't, I'll see where I am and set a more realistic time-line for this goal. One major advantage of 190: maintaining and fluctuating that point keeps me below 200, which I'd quite like to do. For several years I'd managed to stay below 200, which felt good. When I finally shot over, I pretty much said Fuck It and felt very low (on many levels and in many ways) for a few years, leading up to my 11/19 declaration & decision (when I hit 250) that This Will Not Do.
Ultimate weight goal for 2020: get below 170 by the end of 2020. Perhaps I'll acheive this goal by my bday, in which case I'll aim for a scenario repeat of reach goal than maintain until after holidays, like I did in 2019.
Since I didn't used to pay any attention to my weight, I'm really not sure how much I weighed when. I do remember losing weight after a break-up and hitting 170-something (not sure if 170, or 179, or somewhere in-between). So, if'n I can get below 170, I know I'll weight the least I've weighed since Y2K. Break-up happened approx 03/05/2000. Over the course of the next several months of swimming, raquetball, hiking, and having little-to-no appetite, I got into good shape and could - and did - go on epic and marvelous all-day multiple-mile hikes without any trouble. I want to do more serious hiking again, which is the point of WW.
- AquaFit at least once a week, even when traveling
- go dancing at least once a month (started 10/19, but missed out 12/19 because I got sick)
- hike all 30+ miles of Wildwood Trail in segments during 2020
- hike 5-mile Multnomah-Wahkeena Falls loop trail during 2020
- get an additional 2 days exercise in each week. THIS NEEDS WORK (FIGURING OUT AND DOING). Must needs figure out what this'll look like and do it. Can add in AquaFit sessions. (I far prefer the W over M & F instructor, and neither provides more than an adequate mild workout.) Can - and should - ask the LA Fitness folks how to use the machines, particularly the walking and spinning ones. There's also an 11am? Silver Sneakers class on Tu & Th. Once weather's warmer and drier, this'll turn into an easy 2-mile or so hike each week and a more serious hike each week (Wildwood Trail, waterfall, wildflower, &c.)
- possibly commit to walking 30 minutes/day on days I don't AquaFit or hike or exercise otherwise, or 3 days/week, or 2 days/week. ISSUE: How to do this remains a challenge. How to make myself do this remains a mystery. I've thought about it, but not done it. I don't seem to know how to get going w/this. Sometimes I just do it (like starting WW & AquaFit in 11/19). Sometimes I say I want to, but just don't. *sigh* Getting exercise - keeping fit so I can happily walk and hike - requires happily walking and hiking.
Weather's tricky these days for hiking, but isn't always a dealbreaker. (Cold's not good for asthma, but it's been in 50s which I think is fine. Wet makes hiking tricky because of slippery slopes. Spending the past week sick hasn't helped matters one bit.
I just need to start the daily walkies or whatEVER routine tomorrow, when I also get back on the WW train. Easy start: attend tomorrow's 9am AquaFit. If that doesn't feel like enough of a work-out, follow-up w/learning how to use machine(s).
Meanwhile, some other metrics I've begun tracking involve cooking: how long it takes to make certain dishes and/or meal ingredients. Planning to do more cooking in 2020. Must needs figure out and USE both my new VitaMix (bday gift from the 'rents) and InstaPot.
Just to make a note for myself (and anybody else following along), I need to mention that my right ankle's been wonky for a couple of years. Another big reason for starting this whole program: my desire to avoid surgery for my right ankle's tendonitus (sp). It felt a lot better after my initial 30 lbs off, but then the exercising started it feeling a bit less good. I'll need to keep an eye on how it feels and what works and doesn't. If need be, I'll have to have the surgery. But OMG the recovery from that will keep me from getting much exercise for ages, which is one reason I hope to avoid it.
Planning to return full-time to WW tomorrow. I hit my initial Big Goal and made it below 200 (having lost 50 lbs) by my bday (September 2019). Have fluctuated 2 lbs in both directions since then, but basically maintained that weight. Declared on NYEve that I'd start again on 01/01/2020. Then last night happened. But the week was already shot and Mondays are when the #s reset on the weekly points (and it's weigh-in day). So NOW it's time to return to the Getting Fit program.
To the end of Getting Fit, I've set various goals:
- follow WW & weigh 190 lbs (what it says on my ODL) by 02/14/2020. Yeah, I remain fully aware this might not happen. If'n it doesn't, I'll see where I am and set a more realistic time-line for this goal. One major advantage of 190: maintaining and fluctuating that point keeps me below 200, which I'd quite like to do. For several years I'd managed to stay below 200, which felt good. When I finally shot over, I pretty much said Fuck It and felt very low (on many levels and in many ways) for a few years, leading up to my 11/19 declaration & decision (when I hit 250) that This Will Not Do.
Ultimate weight goal for 2020: get below 170 by the end of 2020. Perhaps I'll acheive this goal by my bday, in which case I'll aim for a scenario repeat of reach goal than maintain until after holidays, like I did in 2019.
Since I didn't used to pay any attention to my weight, I'm really not sure how much I weighed when. I do remember losing weight after a break-up and hitting 170-something (not sure if 170, or 179, or somewhere in-between). So, if'n I can get below 170, I know I'll weight the least I've weighed since Y2K. Break-up happened approx 03/05/2000. Over the course of the next several months of swimming, raquetball, hiking, and having little-to-no appetite, I got into good shape and could - and did - go on epic and marvelous all-day multiple-mile hikes without any trouble. I want to do more serious hiking again, which is the point of WW.
- AquaFit at least once a week, even when traveling
- go dancing at least once a month (started 10/19, but missed out 12/19 because I got sick)
- hike all 30+ miles of Wildwood Trail in segments during 2020
- hike 5-mile Multnomah-Wahkeena Falls loop trail during 2020
- get an additional 2 days exercise in each week. THIS NEEDS WORK (FIGURING OUT AND DOING). Must needs figure out what this'll look like and do it. Can add in AquaFit sessions. (I far prefer the W over M & F instructor, and neither provides more than an adequate mild workout.) Can - and should - ask the LA Fitness folks how to use the machines, particularly the walking and spinning ones. There's also an 11am? Silver Sneakers class on Tu & Th. Once weather's warmer and drier, this'll turn into an easy 2-mile or so hike each week and a more serious hike each week (Wildwood Trail, waterfall, wildflower, &c.)
- possibly commit to walking 30 minutes/day on days I don't AquaFit or hike or exercise otherwise, or 3 days/week, or 2 days/week. ISSUE: How to do this remains a challenge. How to make myself do this remains a mystery. I've thought about it, but not done it. I don't seem to know how to get going w/this. Sometimes I just do it (like starting WW & AquaFit in 11/19). Sometimes I say I want to, but just don't. *sigh* Getting exercise - keeping fit so I can happily walk and hike - requires happily walking and hiking.
Weather's tricky these days for hiking, but isn't always a dealbreaker. (Cold's not good for asthma, but it's been in 50s which I think is fine. Wet makes hiking tricky because of slippery slopes. Spending the past week sick hasn't helped matters one bit.
I just need to start the daily walkies or whatEVER routine tomorrow, when I also get back on the WW train. Easy start: attend tomorrow's 9am AquaFit. If that doesn't feel like enough of a work-out, follow-up w/learning how to use machine(s).
Meanwhile, some other metrics I've begun tracking involve cooking: how long it takes to make certain dishes and/or meal ingredients. Planning to do more cooking in 2020. Must needs figure out and USE both my new VitaMix (bday gift from the 'rents) and InstaPot.
Just to make a note for myself (and anybody else following along), I need to mention that my right ankle's been wonky for a couple of years. Another big reason for starting this whole program: my desire to avoid surgery for my right ankle's tendonitus (sp). It felt a lot better after my initial 30 lbs off, but then the exercising started it feeling a bit less good. I'll need to keep an eye on how it feels and what works and doesn't. If need be, I'll have to have the surgery. But OMG the recovery from that will keep me from getting much exercise for ages, which is one reason I hope to avoid it.
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Date: 2020-01-06 02:09 am (UTC)Best of it for you, that you make the hikes, that the ankle gets better without surgery and you feel better within yourself.
Much love, always.
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